Louise (given name)

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Louise, Aloisia and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in recent years. It last ranked among the top 1,000 first names for girls born in the United States in 1991, but remains a more common middle name.

Feminine variants

• Aloisia German, Italian, Spanish
• Aloisie Czech
• Alojza Polish
• Alojzia Hungarian, Slovak
• Alojzija Slovene
• Heloísa Portuguese
• Liudvika Lithuanian
• Lluïsa Catalan
• Loes Dutch
• Lou English, French
• Louella English
• Louisa English
• Louise Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Swedish
• Louiza (Λουίζα) Greek
• Lova Swedish
• Loviisa Finnish
• Loviise Estonian
• Lovisa Swedish
• Lovise Danish, Norwegian
• Lu English
• Luann English
• Luana English, Portuguese
• Luanne English
• Ludovica Italian, Latin
• Ludwika Polish
• Luella English
• Luigia Italian
• Luigina Italian
• Luísa Portuguese
• Luisa Italian, Spanish
• Luise German, Estonian
• Luisella Italian
• Luiza Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian (Луиза), Albanian
• Luīze Latvian
• Lujza Hungarian
• Lula English
• Lulu English, German
• Ouida
• Ruiha Māori

Famous Louises

Arts

• Louise Blanchard Bethune, architect
• Louise Bourgeois, French sculptor
• Louise Nevelson, American sculptor

Entertainment (theater, film, music)

• Louise Brooks, American silent film actress
• Madonna Louise Ciccone, American singer
• Louise Fletcher, American actress
• Luise Gruber, Austrian blues singer-songwriter, professionally known as Saint Lu
• Louise Harman, real name of Lady Sovereign (born 1985), British rapper
• Louise Harrison, British actress
• Louise Jameson, British actress
• Louise Lasser, American actress
• Louise Michaëli, opera singer
• Louise Plowright, British actress
• Louise Redknapp, British singer
• Jenna-Louise Coleman, British actress

Literature

• Luise Aston, German author
• Louise Bogan, American poet
• Louise Cooper, British writer
• Louise Flodin, Swedish journalist and publisher
• Luise Gottsched, German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator
• Louise Hay, American motivational author and publisher
• Luise Hensel, German religious author and poet
• Luise von Ploennies, German poet

Royalty

• Marie Luise von Degenfeld, countess
• Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817–1898), queen consort to Christian IX of Denmark
• Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Queen of Prussia (1776–1810)
• Louise Mountbatten, the Queen of Sweden
• Louise of Savoy, the Queen of France (1476–1531)
• Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany, the daughter of Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and his second wife Alicia of Parma
• Lady Louise Windsor, youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of her youngest son Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex
• Märtha Louise of Norway (1971–), Princess.

Sports

• Louise Brough, American tennis player
• Louise Carroll, Scottish field hockey defender
• Luise Krüger, German athlete who competed mainly in the javelin
• Louise Miller, English high jumper
• Louise Mitchell, Australian swimmer
• Louise Munn, Scottish field hockey defender
• Louise Savage, Paralympian (Olympian in the Paralympics)

Other

• Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity and Roman Catholic saint
• Louise Pedersen (model), Danish model

Fictional Louises

• Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière (named after Louise de la Vallière), female protagonist in the light novel, anime, and manga series Zero no Tsukaima
• Louise the Lady of Violets, wife of the sage Lord Pent and a character in Fire Emblem (video game)
• Louise Halevy, supporting character from the Gundam 00 franchise
• Louise Jefferson (nicknamed "Weezie"), neighbor of Archie Bunker in All in the Family and a main character in the spin-off The Jeffersons.
• Louise Mallard, main character from "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
• Louise Brooks, one of the main characters in the BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
• Louise Sidell, the title character's closest friend in the Penny Parker books.
• Louise Belcher, one of the main characters in animated sitcom Bob's Burgers

Songs about Louise

• "Louise" by Human League from the album Hysteria
• "Change in Louise" by Joe Cocker from the album With a Little Help from My Friends
• "Jolie Louise" (1989) by Daniel Lanois
• "Louise" by Maurice Chevalier
• "Louise, Louisa" by Mew from the album And the Glass Handed Kites
• "Louise" by NOFX from the album Pump up the Valuum
• "Louise" by Clan of Xymox from the album Medusa
• "Liza and Louise" by NOFX from the album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean

Sean & Diwease by Nycki Simz

See also

• Lovisa